Usage example:Players like Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest fill me with a deep sense of hathos; I just love to hate them.

Word History: The word "hathos" is a combination of hate and pathos, as coined by journalist Alex Heard in his Washingtom Post article, "Beyond Hate: The Giddy Thrill of Hathos," on May 17, 1987. There is no better word to describe how fans often feel during this Artestean age of ball-hoggery, egotism, and selfishness run amok.